You probably find that autorun.inf virus on the computer is really annoying. It infects flash disk or any media possible. This of course cause your computer to run more slowly because of the access of the autorun.inf virus file.
You perhaps thought that by deleting autorun.inf files on your flash disk will solve the problem. Indeed, that the easiest solution, but it's not done with Windows, cause the file will probably come back again by itself after deletion.Anyway, you still need to delete the file. So how?
If deletion of autorun.inf virus in Windows doesn't seem to work, then you can try Linux. Any Linux will do the job. I myself prefer using Puppy Linux. It's up to you which Linux to choose as long as you can access the flash disk.
I choose Puppy Linux because it's quite simple to use. You just need to plug in the flash disk and then Mount it with the menu. After that, open the flash disk and look for autorun.inf file. In Linux, the virus will seem like being "frozen". Don't worry about its infection to your other media. Just delete the file.
After deletion, restart your PC and see whether the problem still exists. Another way, suggested by online virus removal experts is to create an autorun.inf file by yourself. This will make the real virus which is going to infect your media, seems to have to ask for permission to infect. This is because any replacement of files in Windows will pop up a dialog box asking whether you want to replace or not. You get what I meant, don't you?
Well, that's just one of virus removal tips I'd like to share. Hope it helps.
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How to remove TR/Crypt.XPACK.Gen
Have you ever encountered this trojan (detected by Avira Antivir)? This trojan can always be detected by Avira Antivir but it cannot be removed totally by Avira. When you choose to delete, at the first time, you probably think that it will be removed. But the truth is not. On the next boot of your Windows, you will see the detection again, and you'll repeat the deletion and this will go on and on. Then how to remove this trojan TR/Crypt.XPACK.Gen easily?
Well, you can use Panda Antivirus to remove it. To do this,
First you need to open the link to the website using Internet Explorer or Mozilla Firefox.
You'll then see the website. Click Scan Your PC Now button.
After that, you'll be asked to download the ActiveScan 2.0 plugin.
Save and then Open it and it will then be installed in your Firefox or Internet Explorer browser.
Next, click the link again and click Scan Your PC Now button again.
This time, you'll go through the installation of ActiveScan 2.0 and the updating process.
It will take a few minutes to finish this.
Let Panda Antivirus to scan and when finish and virus encountered, you just click Fix all.
Well, you can use Panda Antivirus to remove it. To do this,
First you need to open the link to the website using Internet Explorer or Mozilla Firefox.
You'll then see the website. Click Scan Your PC Now button.
After that, you'll be asked to download the ActiveScan 2.0 plugin.
Save and then Open it and it will then be installed in your Firefox or Internet Explorer browser.
Next, click the link again and click Scan Your PC Now button again.
This time, you'll go through the installation of ActiveScan 2.0 and the updating process.
It will take a few minutes to finish this.
Let Panda Antivirus to scan and when finish and virus encountered, you just click Fix all.
Remove Autorun Virus on Flash Disk
Virus which infects flash disk is a very common thing that happens in daily computing. This is probably because mostly people use flash disk to keep their data and tranfer them. This way of plugging in and out from a usb port is also very easy to get the flash disk infected by viruses.
The most common kind of virus, which antivirus usually detected on my flash disk is the virus that uses autorun.inf to invoke itself into memory. Sometimes, this kind of virus can be easily detected but rather hard to be removed. This kind of virus also infects harddisk and other media as well.
Normally, people use antivirus to remove viruses. But, I have ever met a situation where viruses can't be removed although it can be detected by antivirus. When we choose to delete the infected files or the virus file, it seems to be deleted. But a while later, it appears again. Really annoying!
The easiest way to remove virus is of course format the media which has been infected by the virus, if possible using a virus-free clean operating system such as Linux live cd. But this of course cost you a lot of time, and effort to reinstall the operating system as well as the programs. This is not really advisable unless it's the only way, because at least we need to back up the data on the media before formatting (usually this is harder when it happens to harddisk).
But the situation is different when it's on flash disk. If the virus is just an autorun-type virus, we can easily remove by using the formatting flash disk method. I have ever met that kind of situation. My antivirus could detect the virus that time but could not remove it cause it came back right after the deletion. So, I thought perhaps I should copy the data first. I did that smoothly, the data were transferred to harddisk and the antivirus detected the virus again. But the antivirus seemed to be able to stop the virus from infecting my harddisk. Luckily, I got the data without the virus.
After having the data copied, I formatted the flash disk, and this time I successfully removed the autorun virus from my flash. Then, I copied back the files which I had moved to my harddisk to the flash disk again. And that's how I removed the autorun virus on flash disk which could be detected, but couldn't be removed by antivirus.
The most common kind of virus, which antivirus usually detected on my flash disk is the virus that uses autorun.inf to invoke itself into memory. Sometimes, this kind of virus can be easily detected but rather hard to be removed. This kind of virus also infects harddisk and other media as well.
Normally, people use antivirus to remove viruses. But, I have ever met a situation where viruses can't be removed although it can be detected by antivirus. When we choose to delete the infected files or the virus file, it seems to be deleted. But a while later, it appears again. Really annoying!
The easiest way to remove virus is of course format the media which has been infected by the virus, if possible using a virus-free clean operating system such as Linux live cd. But this of course cost you a lot of time, and effort to reinstall the operating system as well as the programs. This is not really advisable unless it's the only way, because at least we need to back up the data on the media before formatting (usually this is harder when it happens to harddisk).
But the situation is different when it's on flash disk. If the virus is just an autorun-type virus, we can easily remove by using the formatting flash disk method. I have ever met that kind of situation. My antivirus could detect the virus that time but could not remove it cause it came back right after the deletion. So, I thought perhaps I should copy the data first. I did that smoothly, the data were transferred to harddisk and the antivirus detected the virus again. But the antivirus seemed to be able to stop the virus from infecting my harddisk. Luckily, I got the data without the virus.
After having the data copied, I formatted the flash disk, and this time I successfully removed the autorun virus from my flash. Then, I copied back the files which I had moved to my harddisk to the flash disk again. And that's how I removed the autorun virus on flash disk which could be detected, but couldn't be removed by antivirus.
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